Tastes
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Russell's Reserve 10 Year Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed August 12, 2024 (edited August 14, 2024)I used to find this at $30 a bottle. It was a steal! Others have caught on and I see this at $50 in 2024, so the rating and value have dropped a bit. Still it’s a great, findable 10-year age stated bourbon that is consistently good. Nose: oak, corn, molasses, mint, caramel Taste: vanilla, baking spices Finish: medium50.0 USD per BottleTop Hat Liquor Store -
GlenDronach Revival 15 Year (2018 Re-Release)
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed July 24, 2024Glendronach 12 is one of my favorite scotches. This older version doesn’t disappoint & at under $100 is a decent value. Nose: toasted caramel, tobacco, slightly smoked fruit hints of dusty oak Taste: rich sweet berries, vanilla, baking spices, malt I hear the old version was better but never had it to compare. Finished: medium -
James E. Pepper - Barrell Proof 2023 release
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed May 15, 2024 (edited June 4, 2024)I really wanted to like this bourbon. But I can’t get past the price point. It’s a solid $35 bourbon that I could see going up against Knob Creek 120 or Wild Turkey 101 but it’s definitely not worth double that — even with the barrel proof. Nose: caramel, cinnamon, fruits Taste: vanilla and baking spices Finish: more cinnamon but short77.0 USD per Bottle -
Knob Creek 9 Year Small Batch Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky , USA
Reviewed March 15, 2024 (edited May 10, 2024)I reviewed this bourbon about two years ago, and I think it’s gotten even better. Can’t go wrong with the 9, 12 or (if you can find it at retail) the 15-year. KC is one of the consistently top 5 bourbons every year. -
I like a good cheap bottle of JW Black, but I was underwhelmed by this. Definitely not worth the price point to me. It tasted like a $75 bottle, not $200. Nose: dried fruit, sweet wheat biscuit cereal Taste: strawberries with decent smoke Finish: medium to long, with a waxy aftertaste200.0 USD per Bottle
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Nose: cherries and oak, cherries and oak, cherries and oak. Taste: unlike Makers Mark which also has a flavorful cherries and oak smell, Larceny’s does not carry over to the palate. Just ethanol and wheat spice. Bitter. Finish: short. The older Fitzgeralds are great (too bad you can’t find them anywhere). But this is not. Occasionally a barrel pick will shine but I mostly avoid this. Makers is better in every way.
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This is a review of a 2023 TopHat Liquors (Kentucky) barrel pick. Nose: balanced corn, vanilla and hints of spice Taste: candied corn, more vanilla, brown sugar and instead of the usual high rye spice forward, this spice sneaks in at the end. Finish: medium Great complimentary flavors to the mainline Woodford bottles. And at $60 for 1L it was an amazing deal. Too bad some of the other bourbon companies are not producing barrel selections like this.
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Coopers' Craft Barrel Reserve 100 Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Bourbon — Kentucky, USA
Reviewed January 4, 2024 (edited June 24, 2024)Brown Forman might be messing with you. This is identical to Old Forester 100. Taste, nose, finish, all of it. Except it costs a little more. Because the label is different? Kind of weird. OF100 is a good daily sipper and I rated it as such. But since this is supposed to be a different bourbon I gave this a 3.75 out of 5 — just like OF100!
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